Resource processing method, apparatus, and terminal

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present application provide a resource processing method, an apparatus, and a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, a first message simultaneously sent by each of at least one second terminal, where the first message is carried on N resources and used to indicate location information of resources on which to-be-sent data is located, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and determining, by the first terminal based on the location information of the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located, resources used by the first terminal to send data. Because the first message is carried on the N resources, a probability of collision of the resources used by the second terminal to send the first message is very low.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2016/094715, filed on Aug. 11, 2016, the disclosure of which ishereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present application relate to communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to a resource processing method, anapparatus, and a terminal.

BACKGROUND

A Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based vehicle to everything (V2X) technologyis a technology that enables a vehicle to directly communicate withanother type of terminal (vehicle terminal or personal terminal) or aninfrastructure (a roadside unit (RSU). The vehicle, the another type ofterminal, the infrastructure, and the like may be collectively referredto as terminals in the V2X technology. One of main scenarios of the V2Xtechnology is communication for vehicle safety. To be specific, secureapplication messages are sent between the vehicle and the another typeof vehicle or between the vehicle and the infrastructure. Therefore, theV2X technology has a relatively high requirement on reliability.

The V2X technology supports autonomous selection of a resource by aterminal out of coverage of a base station. A process of autonomouslyselecting a resource by the terminal includes: when the terminal sendscurrent data, the terminal further sends a resource indication message,where the resource indication message is carried on a resource, and usedto indicate location information of a resource that is determined by theterminal and used to send to-be-sent data. The resource herein is aresource block (RB) or a resource element (RE). Another terminalreceives and parses the resource indication message, and avoids, as muchas possible when determining a resource, the resource already determinedby the foregoing terminal, to avoid resource collision. FIG. 1A is aschematic diagram for determining a resource by a terminal 1 accordingto the prior art. As shown in FIG. 1A, the terminal 1 determines aresource 1, and sends a resource indication message. FIG. 1B is aschematic diagram for determining a resource by a terminal 2 accordingto the prior art. As shown in FIG. 1B, when the terminal 2 needs todetermine a resource, because the terminal 2 receives the resourceindication message sent by the terminal 1, the terminal 2 avoids theresource 1, and selects a resource 2 as the determined resource.

However, when the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 simultaneously sendresource indication messages on a same resource, due to resourcecollision, a terminal 3 possibly cannot detect the resource indicationmessages of the terminal 1 and the terminal 2, or a terminal 3 candetect a resource indication message of only one terminal. Therefore,the terminal 3 cannot accurately determine a resource used to sendto-be-sent data, and reliability of the V2X system is relatively low.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present application provide a resource processingmethod, an apparatus, and a terminal to improve reliability of a V2Xsystem.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present applicationprovides a resource processing method, including:

receiving, by a first terminal, a first message simultaneously sent byeach of at least one second terminal, where the first message is carriedon N resources and used to indicate location information of resources onwhich to-be-sent data is located, and N is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 2; and

determining, by the first terminal based on the location information ofthe resources on which the to-be-sent data is located, resources used bythe first terminal to send data.

Because the first message is carried on the N resources, a probabilityof collision of the resources used by the second terminal to send thefirst message is very low. On this basis, the first terminal easilylearns the resources determined by the second terminal, and thereforecan accurately determine, based on the resources determined by thesecond terminal, the resources used by the first terminal to send thedata. This further avoids collision between the resources used by thefirst terminal to send the data and the resources used by the secondterminal to send the to-be-sent data, and improves reliability of a V2Xsystem.

Optionally, the first message is carried on the N resources in at leastone resource pool;

the location information of the resources on which the to-be-sent datais located is location information of a resource pool to which theresources belong, and each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources; and

correspondingly, the determining, by the first terminal based on thelocation information of the resources on which the to-be-sent data islocated, resources used by the first terminal to send data includes:

determining, by the first terminal based on the location information ofthe resource pool to which the resources belong, a resource pool used bythe first terminal to send the data; and

determining, by the first terminal from the determined resource pool,the resources used by the first terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the determining, by the first terminal based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong, aresource pool used by the first terminal to send the data includes:

when the first terminal has not determined the resource pool used tosend the data, determining, by the first terminal based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong, theresource pool used by the first terminal to send the data; or

when the first terminal has determined the resource pool used to sendthe data, redetermining, by the first terminal based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong andlocation information of the resource pool that has been determined bythe first terminal and is used to send the data, a resource pool used bythe first terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the when the first terminal has not determined a resourcepool used to send the data, determining, by the first terminal based onthe location information of the resource pool to which the resourcesbelong, the resource pool used by the first terminal to send the dataincludes:

determining, by the first terminal, usage of each resource pool based onthe location information of the resource pool to which the resourcesbelong;

determining, by the first terminal, a priority of each resource poolbased on usage of each resource pool; and

determining, by the first terminal, that a resource pool with a highestpriority is used by the first terminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Because the first terminal determines that the resource pool with thehighest priority is used by the first terminal to send the data, thisfurther avoids collision between the resources used by the firstterminal to send the data and the resources used by the second terminalto send the to-be-sent data, and improves reliability of the V2X system.

Optionally, the determining, by the first terminal, a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool includes:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determining, bythe first terminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a firstpriority;

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determining, by the first terminal, that thepriority of each resource pool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determining, by the first terminal, that thepriority of each resource pool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

In this way, an accurate priority can be set for each resource pool, andtherefore reliability of the V2X system is improved.

Optionally, the when the first terminal has determined a resource poolused to send the data, redetermining, by the first terminal based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belongand location information of the resource pool that has been determinedby the first terminal and is used to send the data, a resource pool usedby the first terminal to send the data includes:

determining, by the first terminal, usage of each resource pool based onthe location information of the resource pool to which the resourcesbelong and the location information of the resource pool that has beendetermined by the first terminal and is used to send the data;

determining, by the first terminal, a priority of each resource poolbased on usage of each resource pool and the location information of theresource pool that has been determined by the first terminal and is usedto send the data; and

determining, by the first terminal, that a resource pool with a highestpriority is used by the first terminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Because the first terminal determines that the resource pool with thehighest priority is used by the first terminal to send the data, thisfurther avoids collision between the resources used by the firstterminal to send the data and the resources used by the second terminalto send the to-be-sent data, and improves reliability of the V2X system.

Optionally, the determining, by the first terminal, a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool and the locationinformation of the resource pool that has been determined by the firstterminal and is used to send the data includes:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determining, bythe first terminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a fourthpriority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determining, by the first terminal based onthe location information of the resource pool that has been determinedby the first terminal and is used to send the data, whether the oneterminal is the first terminal; and when the first terminal determinesthat the one terminal is the first terminal, determining, by the firstterminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a fifth priority;or when the first terminal determines that the one terminal is not thefirst terminal, determining, by the first terminal, that the priority ofeach resource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determining, by the first terminal, that thepriority of each resource pool is a seventh priority; where

both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lowerthan the seventh priority.

In this way, an accurate priority can be set for each resource pool, andtherefore reliability of the V2X system is improved.

Optionally, before the determining, by the first terminal based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,a resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data, the methodfurther includes:

obtaining, by the first terminal, distance information and/or powerinformation of each second terminal; and

determining, by the first terminal based on the distance informationand/or the power information, at least one second terminal that meetspreset conditions, where the distance information is a distance betweenthe first terminal and each second terminal, a preset conditioncorresponding to the distance information is that the distance betweenthe first terminal and each second terminal is less than a distancethreshold, and a preset condition corresponding to the power informationis that a power value of each second terminal is greater than a powerthreshold; and

correspondingly, the determining, by the first terminal based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,a resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data includes:

determining, by the first terminal based on location information of aresource pool used by each of the at least one second terminal thatmeets the preset conditions to send to-be-sent data, the resource poolused by the first terminal to send the data.

In other words, before the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,the resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data, the firstterminal needs to filter the first message sent by the second terminal.Filtering can increase a convergence rate of resource processing andtherefore improve system performance of the V2X system.

Optionally, the method further includes: sending, by the first terminal,a second message to a third terminal, where the second message includesusage of each resource pool, so that each third terminal determines,based on usage of each resource pool, a resource pool used by the thirdterminal to send data.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present applicationprovides a resource processing method, including:

receiving, by a third terminal, a second message sent by each of atleast one first terminal, where the second message includes usage ofeach resource pool, each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources, usage of each resource pool is determined by the firstterminal based on a first message simultaneously sent by each of atleast one second terminal, the first message is carried on N resourcesin at least one resource pool, and N is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 2; and

determining, by the third terminal based on usage of each resource pool,a resource pool used by the third terminal to send data, anddetermining, from the determined resource pool, resources used by thethird terminal to send the data.

Because the first message is carried on the N resources in the at leastone resource pool, a probability of collision of the resource pool usedby the second terminal to send the first message is very low. On thisbasis, the first terminal easily learns the resource pool determined bythe second terminal, and therefore, can accurately determine usage ofeach resource pool, and send the second message carrying the usage tothe third terminal; and the third terminal may accurately determine thedata pool used to send the data, thereby improving reliability of a V2Xsystem.

Optionally, the determining, by the third terminal based on usage ofeach resource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to senddata includes:

when the third terminal has not determined the resource pool used tosend the data, determining, by the third terminal based on usage of eachresource pool, the resource pool used by the third terminal to send thedata; or

when the third terminal has determined the resource pool used to sendthe data, redetermining, by the third terminal based on usage of eachresource pool and location information of the resource pool determinedby the third terminal and used to send the data, a resource pool used bythe third terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the when the third terminal has not determined a resourcepool used to send the data, determining, by the third terminal based onusage of each resource pool, the resource pool used by the thirdterminal to send the data includes:

determining, by the third terminal, a priority of each resource poolbased on usage of each resource pool included in each second message;and

determining, by the third terminal, that a resource pool with a highestpriority is used by the third terminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Because the third terminal determines that the resource pool with thehighest priority is used by the third terminal to send the to-be-sentdata, this further avoids collision between the resources used by thethird terminal to send the data and the resources used by the secondterminal to send the to-be-sent data, and improves reliability of theV2X system.

Optionally, the determining, by the third terminal, a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool included in eachsecond message includes:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determining, by the third terminal, that the priority ofeach resource pool is a first priority;

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determining, by the third terminal, that the priority of each resourcepool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determining, bythe third terminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a thirdpriority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

In this way, an accurate priority can be set for each resource pool, andtherefore reliability of the V2X system is improved.

Optionally, the when the third terminal has determined a resource poolused to send the data, redetermining, by the third terminal based onusage of each resource pool and location information of the resourcepool determined by the third terminal and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the third terminal to send the data includes:

determining, by the third terminal, a priority of each resource poolbased on usage of each resource pool included in each second message andlocation information of at least one resource pool determined by thethird terminal and used to send the to-be-sent data; and

determining, by the third terminal, that a resource pool with a highestpriority is used by the third terminal to send the to-be-sent data;where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Because the third terminal determines that the resource pool with thehighest priority is used by the third terminal to send the to-be-sentdata, this further avoids collision between the resources used by thethird terminal to send the data and the resources used by the secondterminal to send the to-be-sent data, and improves reliability of theV2X system.

Optionally, the determining, by the third terminal, a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool included in eachsecond message and location information of at least one resource pooldetermined by the third terminal and used to send the to-be-sent dataincludes:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determining, by the third terminal, that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determining, by the third terminal based on the location information ofthe at least one resource pool determined by the third terminal and usedto send the to-be-sent data, whether the one terminal is the thirdterminal; and when the third terminal determines that the one terminalis the third terminal, determining, by the third terminal, that thepriority of each resource pool is a fifth priority; or when the thirdterminal determines that the one terminal is not the third terminal,determining, by the third terminal, that the priority of each resourcepool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determining, bythe third terminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a seventhpriority; where

the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower thanthe seventh priority.

In this way, an accurate priority can be set for each resource pool, andtherefore reliability of the V2X system is improved.

Optionally, before the determining, by the third terminal based on usageof each resource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal tosend data, the method further includes:

obtaining, by the third terminal, distance information and/or powerinformation of each first terminal; and

determining, by the third terminal based on the distance informationand/or the power information, a first terminal that meets presetconditions, where the distance information is a distance between thethird terminal and each first terminal, a preset condition correspondingto the distance information is that the distance between the thirdterminal and each first terminal is less than a distance threshold, anda preset condition corresponding to the power information is that apower value of each first terminal is greater than a power threshold;and

correspondingly, the determining, by the third terminal based on usageof each resource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal tosend data includes:

determining, by the third terminal based on usage of each resource poolincluded in a second message sent by the first terminal that meets thepreset conditions, the resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data.

In other words, before the third terminal determines, based on usage ofeach resource pool, the resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data, the third terminal needs to filter the second message sent bythe first terminal. Filtering can increase a convergence rate ofresource processing and therefore improve system performance of the V2Xsystem.

Optionally, the first message includes first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located.

The following describes a resource processing apparatus. The apparatuscorresponds to the foregoing method. Technical effects of the method andthe apparatus are the same, and are not described again herein.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present applicationprovides a resource processing apparatus, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive a first message simultaneouslysent by each of at least one second terminal, where the first message iscarried on N resources and used to indicate location information ofresources on which to-be-sent data is located, and N is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 2; and

a determining module, configured to determine, based on the locationinformation of the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located,resources used by the apparatus to send data.

Optionally, the first message is carried on the N resources in at leastone resource pool;

the location information of the resources on which the to-be-sent datais located is location information of a resource pool to which theresources belong, and each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources; and

correspondingly, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine, based on the location information of the resource pool towhich the resources belong, a resource pool used by the apparatus tosend the data; and

determine, from the determined resource pool, the resources used by theapparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

when the apparatus has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on the location information of the resource poolto which the resources belong, the resource pool used by the apparatusto send the data; or

when the apparatus has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong and location information of theresource pool determined by the apparatus and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the apparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a first priority;

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong and the locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the apparatus and used tosend the data;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool and the location information of the resource pooldetermined by the apparatus and used to send the data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a fourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine, based on the location informationof the resource pool determined by the apparatus and used to send thedata, whether the one terminal is the apparatus; and when determiningthat the one terminal is the apparatus, determine that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determining that the oneterminal is not the apparatus, determine that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a seventh priority; where

both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lowerthan the seventh priority.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes an obtaining module, where

the obtaining module is configured to obtain distance information and/orpower information of each second terminal;

the determining module is further configured to determine, based on thedistance information and/or the power information, at least one secondterminal that meets preset conditions, where the distance information isa distance between the apparatus and each second terminal, a presetcondition corresponding to the distance information is that the distancebetween the apparatus and each second terminal is less than a distancethreshold, and a preset condition corresponding to the power informationis that a power value of each second terminal is greater than a powerthreshold; and

correspondingly, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine, based on location information of a resource pool used by eachof the at least one second terminal that meets the preset conditions tosend to-be-sent data, the resource pool used by the apparatus to sendthe data.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes:

a sending module, configured to send a second message to a thirdterminal, where the second message includes usage of each resource pool,so that each third terminal determines, based on usage of each resourcepool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send data.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present applicationprovides a resource processing apparatus, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive a second message sent by eachof at least one first terminal, where the second message includes usageof each resource pool, each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources, usage of each resource pool is determined by the firstterminal based on a first message simultaneously sent by each of atleast one second terminal, the first message is carried on N resourcesin at least one resource pool, and N is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 2; and

a determining module, configured to determine, based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the apparatus to send data, anddetermine, from the determined resource pool, resources used by theapparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

when the apparatus has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on usage of each resource pool, the resource poolused by the apparatus to send the data; or

when the apparatus has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on usage of each resource pool and locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the apparatus and used tosend the data, a resource pool used by the apparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afirst priority;

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine that the priority of each resource pool is a second priority;or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine that thepriority of each resource pool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message and location informationof at least one resource pool determined by the apparatus and used tosend the to-be-sent data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine, based on the location information of the at least oneresource pool determined by the apparatus and used to send theto-be-sent data, whether the one terminal is the apparatus; and whendetermining that the one terminal is the apparatus, determine that thepriority of each resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determiningthat the one terminal is not the apparatus, determine that the priorityof each resource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine, by theapparatus, that the priority of each resource pool is a seventhpriority; where

the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower thanthe seventh priority.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes an obtaining module, where

the obtaining module is configured to obtain distance information and/orpower information of each first terminal;

the determining module is further configured to determine, based on thedistance information and/or the power information, a first terminal thatmeets preset conditions, where the distance information is a distancebetween the apparatus and each first terminal, a preset conditioncorresponding to the distance information is that the distance betweenthe apparatus and each first terminal is less than a distance threshold,and a preset condition corresponding to the power information is that apower value of each first terminal is greater than a power threshold;and

correspondingly, the determining module is specifically configured to:

determine, based on usage of each resource pool included in a secondmessage sent by the first terminal that meets the preset conditions, theresource pool used by the apparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the first message includes first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present applicationprovides a terminal, including:

a receiver, configured to receive a first message simultaneously sent byeach of at least one second terminal, where the first message is carriedon N resources and used to indicate location information of resources onwhich to-be-sent data is located, and N is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 2; and

a processor, configured to determine, based on the location informationof the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located, resources usedby the terminal to send data.

Optionally, the first message is carried on the N resources in at leastone resource pool;

the location information of the resources on which the to-be-sent datais located is location information of a resource pool to which theresources belong, and each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources; and

correspondingly, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine, based on the location information of the resource pool towhich the resources belong, a resource pool used by the terminal to sendthe data; and

determine, from the determined resource pool, the resources used by theterminal to send the data.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

when the terminal has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on the location information of the resource poolto which the resources belong, the resource pool used by the terminal tosend the data; or

when the terminal has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong and location information of theresource pool determined by the terminal and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a first priority;

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong and the locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the data;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool and the location information of the resource pooldetermined by the terminal and used to send the data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a fourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine, based on the location informationof the resource pool determined by the terminal and used to send thedata, whether the one terminal is the terminal; and when determiningthat the one terminal is the terminal, determine that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determining that the oneterminal is not the terminal, determine that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a seventh priority; where

both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lowerthan the seventh priority.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

obtain distance information and/or power information of each secondterminal; and

determine, based on the distance information and/or the powerinformation, at least one second terminal that meets preset conditions,where the distance information is a distance between the terminal andeach second terminal, a preset condition corresponding to the distanceinformation is that the distance between the terminal and each secondterminal is less than a distance threshold, and a preset conditioncorresponding to the power information is that a power value of eachsecond terminal is greater than a power threshold; and

correspondingly, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine, based on location information of a resource pool used by eachof the at least one second terminal that meets the preset conditions tosend to-be-sent data, the resource pool used by the terminal to send thedata.

Optionally, the terminal further includes:

a transmitter, configured to send a second message to a third terminal,where the second message includes usage of each resource pool, so thateach third terminal determines, based on usage of each resource pool, aresource pool used by the third terminal to send data.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present applicationprovides a terminal, including:

a receiver, configured to receive a second message sent by each of atleast one first terminal, where the second message includes usage ofeach resource pool, each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources, usage of each resource pool is determined by the firstterminal based on a first message simultaneously sent by each of atleast one second terminal, the first message is carried on N resourcesin at least one resource pool, and N is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 2; and

a processor, configured to determine, based on usage of each resourcepool, a resource pool used by the terminal to send data, and determine,from the determined resource pool, resources used by the terminal tosend the data.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

when the terminal has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on usage of each resource pool, the resource poolused by the terminal to send the data; or

when the terminal has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on usage of each resource pool and locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the data, a resource pool used by the terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afirst priority;

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine that the priority of each resource pool is a second priority;or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine that thepriority of each resource pool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message and location informationof at least one resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the to-be-sent data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine, based on the location information of the at least oneresource pool determined by the terminal and used to send the to-be-sentdata, whether the one terminal is the terminal; and when determiningthat the one terminal is the terminal, determine that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determining that the oneterminal is not the terminal, determine that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine, by theterminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a seventh priority;where

the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower thanthe seventh priority.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to:

obtain distance information and/or power information of each firstterminal; and

determine, based on the distance information and/or the powerinformation, a first terminal that meets preset conditions, where thedistance information is a distance between the terminal and each firstterminal, a preset condition corresponding to the distance informationis that the distance between the terminal and each first terminal isless than a distance threshold, and a preset condition corresponding tothe power information is that a power value of each first terminal isgreater than a power threshold; and

correspondingly, the processor is specifically configured to:

determine, based on usage of each resource pool included in a secondmessage sent by the first terminal that meets the preset conditions, theresource pool used by the terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the first message includes first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located.

The embodiments of the present application provide a resource processingmethod, an apparatus, and a terminal. Because the first message iscarried on the N resources, a probability of collision of the resourcesused by the second terminal to send the first message is very low. Onthis basis, the first terminal easily learns the resources determined bythe second terminal, and therefore can accurately determine, based onthe resources determined by the second terminal, the resources used bythe first terminal to send the data. This further avoids collisionbetween the resources used by the first terminal to send the data andthe resources used by the second terminal to send the to-be-sent data,and improves reliability of a V2X system.

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To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentapplication or in the prior art more clearly, the following brieflydescribes the accompanying drawings required for describing theembodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the accompanying drawings inthe following description show merely some embodiments of the presentapplication, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still deriveother drawings from these accompanying drawings without creativeefforts.

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram for determining a resource by a terminal1 according to the prior art;

FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram for determining a resource by a terminal2 according to the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a direct communication scenarioaccording to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a resource processing method according to anembodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C are schematic diagrams of resource usage according toan embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of usage of resources corresponding to aterminal 1 and used to send a first message according to an embodimentof the present application;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of usage of resources corresponding to aterminal 2 and used to send a first message according to an embodimentof the present application;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram for determining a corresponding resourcepool by a terminal 3 according to an embodiment of the presentapplication;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a resource processing method according toanother embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a resource processing method according to stillanother embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of another resource processing method according toan embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a scenario including a hidden terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of still another resource processing methodaccording to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a resource processing method according toanother embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a resource processing method according toanother embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a resource processingapparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a resource processingapparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to anembodiment of the present application; and

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according toanother embodiment of the present application.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly describes the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present application with reference to theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of theembodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtainedby persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of thepresent application without creative efforts shall fall within theprotection scope of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application provide a resource processingmethod, an apparatus, and a terminal to resolve the following problem inthe prior art: When a terminal 1 and a terminal 2 simultaneously sendresource indication messages on a same resource, due to resourcecollision, a terminal 3 possibly cannot detect the resource indicationmessages of the terminal 1 and the terminal 2, or a terminal 3 candetect a resource indication message of only one terminal, and thereforethe terminal 3 cannot accurately determine a resource used to sendto-be-sent data, and reliability of a V2X system is relatively low.

The embodiments of the present application are applied to a V2X systembased on an LTE technology. The system includes a base station and aplurality of terminals, and mainly completes direct communicationbetween terminals. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a directcommunication scenario according to an embodiment of the presentapplication. As shown in FIG. 2, three main direct communicationscenarios are respectively as follows: A first scenario is anin-coverage (in-coverage) scenario, and in this scenario, terminals areall located within coverage of a base station, and the base station mayassist in scheduling resources. A second scenario is an out-of-coverage(out-of-coverage) scenario, that is, out of coverage of any basestation, and in this case, a terminal may autonomously select aresource. A third scenario is a partial-coverage (partial-coverage)scenario, and in this case, a base station assists in schedulingresources for some terminals, but some terminals autonomously selectresources.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a resource processing method according to anembodiment of the present application. The method is performed by afirst terminal, where the first terminal may be a vehicle, a computer, amobile phone, an RSU, or the like. The method includes the followingprocedure.

Step S301: A first terminal receives a first message simultaneously sentby each of at least one second terminal, where the first message iscarried on N resources and used to indicate location information ofresources on which to-be-sent data is located, and N is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 2.

That the first message is carried on N resources means that the secondterminal sends the first message on each of the N resources. FIG. 4A toFIG. 4C are schematic diagrams of resource usage according to anembodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4A, when aterminal sends to-be-sent data and a first message, a frequency divisionmultiplexing (FDM) mode is used; for example, a frequency band used by aterminal 1 to send to-be-sent data is different from a frequency bandused by the terminal 1 to send a first message. As shown in FIG. 4B,when a terminal sends to-be-sent data and a first message, a timedivision multiplexing (TDM) mode is used; for example, time domainresources used by a terminal 1 to send to-be-sent data are differentfrom time domain resources used by the terminal 1 to send a firstmessage. As shown in FIG. 4C, assuming that each column in FIG. 4C is aresource pool, and assuming that several resource pools form a resourceset, a same terminal is allowed to send to-be-sent data and a firstmessage on a resource set at most once only; for example, on a firstresource set, a terminal 1 sends to-be-sent data and a first messageonly once, and on a second resource set, the terminal 1 sends to-be-sentdata and a first message only once, and a terminal 2 also sendsto-be-sent data and a first message only once.

Step S302: The first terminal determines, based on the locationinformation of the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located,resources used by the first terminal to send data.

A principle of determining, by the first terminal, the resources used bythe first terminal to send the to-be-sent data is: the first terminalavoids, as much as possible, the resources determined by each secondterminal and used to send the to-be-sent data.

An example is used with reference to step S301 and step S302.Specifically, FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of usage of resourcescorresponding to a terminal 1 and used to send a first message accordingto an embodiment of the present application. FIG. 5B is a schematicdiagram of usage of resources corresponding to a terminal 2 and used tosend a first message according to an embodiment of the presentapplication. Herein both the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 are theforegoing second terminals, and N resources selected by the terminal 1are not completely the same as N resources selected by the terminal 2.Therefore, a probability of collision of resources is very low. On thisbasis, the first terminal easily receives first messages sent by theterminal 1 and the terminal 2, to learn location information ofresources that are respectively determined by the terminal 1 and theterminal 2 and used to send to-be-sent data. The first terminal candetermine, on this basis, resources used by the first terminal to senddata. This further avoids collision of resources used to send to-be-sentdata.

In this embodiment of the present application, because the first messageis carried on the N resources, a probability of collision of theresources used by the second terminal to send the first message is verylow. On this basis, the first terminal easily learns the resourcesdetermined by the second terminal, and therefore can accuratelydetermine, based on the resources determined by the second terminal, theresources used by the first terminal to send the data. This furtheravoids collision between the resources used by the first terminal tosend the data and the resources used by the second terminal to send theto-be-sent data, and improves reliability of a V2X system.

Optionally, the first message is carried on the N resources in at leastone resource pool; the location information of the resources on whichthe to-be-sent data is located is location information of a resourcepool to which the resources belong; and each resource pool may use allavailable frequency domain resources, or use some frequency domainresources, and each response pool includes a plurality of resources,where the resources may be resource blocks RBs, or may be resourceelements REs.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, both the terminal 1 andthe terminal 2 are the foregoing second terminals. The terminal 1 sendsa first message on N resources in resource pools 2, 4, 6, and 8, and theterminal 2 sends a first message on N resources in resource pools 1, 4,6, and 7. When the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 send the first messagessimultaneously, although the resource pools 4 and 6 are the same for theterminal 1 and the terminal 2, because the terminal 1 sends the firstmessage on the N resources in the resource pools 2, 4, 6, and 8, and theterminal 2 sends the first message on the N resources in the resourcepools 1, 4, 6, and 7, a probability of collision of resources is verylow.

Based on a concept of the resource pool, the first message may be in anyone of the following three forms.

First form: The first message includes first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located. Based on FIG. 4C,assuming that first indication information corresponding to the terminal1 indicates that location information of a resource pool used by theterminal 1 to send current data is a second resource pool in the firstresource set (actually, a plurality of resource pools may be used by theterminal 1 to send the current data, and FIG. 4C merely shows an examplein which only one resource pool is used), and that second indicationinformation corresponding to the terminal 1 is used to indicate anoffset 5 of the location information of the resource pool used to sendthe current data, to a resource pool in which to-be-sent data of eachsecond terminal is located, it may be determined that a resource poolused by the terminal 1 to send to-be-sent data is a first resource poolin the second resource set.

Second form: The first message includes first indication information andthird indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the third indication information isdirectly used to indicate location information of a resource pool usedto send to-be-sent data.

Third form: The first message includes only the first indicationinformation, and the first indication information is used to indicatelocation information of a resource pool used by each second terminal tosend current data. In this case, by default, location information of aresource pool used by the second terminal to send to-be-sent data is thesame as the location information of the resource pool used by the secondterminal to send the current data.

Based on the concept of the resource pool, correspondingly, that thefirst terminal determines, based on the location information of theresources on which the to-be-sent data is located, resources used by thefirst terminal to send data includes:

the first terminal determines, based on the location information of theresource pool to which the resources belong, a resource pool used by thefirst terminal to send the data; and the first terminal determines, fromthe determined resource pool, the resources used by the first terminalto send the data.

For example, first, the first terminal may determine a priority of eachresource pool based on location information of a resource pooldetermined by each second terminal and used to send the to-be-sent data,and then select a resource pool with a highest priority for the firstterminal to send the to-be-sent data; or may determine a priority ofeach resource pool based on location information of a resource pooldetermined by each second terminal and used to send the to-be-sent data,and then randomly select, from resource pools whose priorities arehigher than a preset value, a resource pool for the first terminal tosend the to-be-sent data; and then the first terminal may randomlyselect, from the determined resource pool, N resources used to send theto-be-sent data.

Optionally, after determining the resources used by the first terminalto send the to-be-sent data, the first terminal may send a requestmessage to a base station, to request the base station to schedule theresources for the first terminal to send the to-be-sent data.

In this embodiment of the present application, because the first messageis carried on the N resources in the at least one resource pool, aprobability of collision of the resource pool used by the secondterminal to send the first message is very low. On this basis, the firstterminal easily learns the resource pool used by the second terminal tosend the data, and therefore, can determine the resource pool used bythe first terminal to send the data, and select, from the resource pool,the resources used to send the data, to avoid collision between theselected resources and the resources used by the second terminal to sendthe to-be-sent data, and further improve reliability of the V2X system.

Optionally, that the first terminal determines, based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong, aresource pool used by the first terminal to send the data includes twocases.

First case: When the first terminal has not determined the resource poolused to send the data, the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,the resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data.

Second case: When the first terminal has determined the resource poolused to send the data, the first terminal redetermines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belongand location information of the resource pool that has been determinedby the first terminal and is used to send the data, a resource pool usedby the first terminal to send the data.

The following describes the first case in detail. FIG. 6 is a flowchartof a resource processing method according to another embodiment of thepresent application. The method is performed by a first terminal. Themethod includes the following procedure.

Step S601: A first terminal receives a first message simultaneously sentby each of at least one second terminal.

Step S601 is the same as step S301, and is not described again herein.

Step S602: When the first terminal has not determined a resource poolused to send data, the first terminal determines usage of each resourcepool based on location information of a resource pool to which resourcesused by the second terminal belong.

Usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Step S603: The first terminal determines a priority of each resourcepool based on usage of each resource pool.

When usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, the firstterminal determines that the priority of each resource pool is a firstpriority;

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, the first terminal determines that thepriority of each resource pool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, the first terminal determines that thepriority of each resource pool is a third priority.

Both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority, and the first priority may be higher than the second priorityor may be lower than the second priority. This is not limited in thisembodiment of the present application.

A reason why the first terminal sets priorities is as follows: Because alot of second terminals contend for determining resource pools, thefirst terminal fails to determine a resource pool, but still reservesthe first messages. If the resource pools are avoided duringreselection, available resource pools are reduced, resulting in waste ofresource pools. However, if the resource pools are directly used, thefirst terminal may fail to perform determining. Therefore, when usage isthat each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, the first terminal determines that the priority of eachresource pool is the first priority. The first terminal does not use aresource pool that is successfully determined by the second terminal.For example, each resource pool is determined by a terminal, and thepriority thereof is set to the second priority. Therefore, performanceof the second terminal that successfully determines the resource pool isensured. When usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isnot determined by any terminal, the first terminal determines that thepriority of each resource pool is the third priority.

Step S604: The first terminal determines that a resource pool with ahighest priority is used by the first terminal to send the data.

An example is used for description with reference to step S601 to stepS604. As shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, assuming that resource poolsdetermined by a terminal 1 and used to send to-be-sent data are 2, 4, 6,and 8, and that resource pools determined by a terminal 2 and used tosend to-be-sent data are 1, 4, 6, and 7, and assuming that no otherterminals determine the resource pools 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8, the firstterminal determines that usage of all the resource pools 1, 2, 7, and 8is that the resource pools are determined by one terminal, andcorresponding priorities are the second priority; usage of the resourcepools 4 and 6 is that the resource pools are simultaneously determinedby a plurality of terminals, and specifically simultaneously determinedby two terminals, and corresponding priorities are the first priority;other resource pools such as 0, 3, 5, and 9 are not determined by anyterminal, and corresponding priorities are the third priority.Therefore, the first terminal determines that some or all of theresource pools 0, 3, 5, and 9 of the highest priority are used by thefirst terminal to send the data.

Optionally, before the first terminal determines, based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong, aresource pool used by the first terminal to send the data, the methodfurther includes:

the first terminal obtains distance information and/or power informationof each second terminal, where the distance information is determined byobtaining current location information of the first terminal and currentlocation information of the second terminal; and

the first terminal determines, based on the distance information and/orthe power information, at least one second terminal that meets presetconditions, where the distance information is a distance between thefirst terminal and each second terminal, a preset conditioncorresponding to the distance information is that the distance betweenthe first terminal and each second terminal is less than a distancethreshold, and a preset condition corresponding to the power informationis that a power value of each second terminal is greater than a powerthreshold; and

correspondingly, that the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,a resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data includes:the first terminal determines, based on location information of aresource pool used by each of the at least one second terminal thatmeets the preset conditions to send to-be-sent data, the resource poolused by the first terminal to send the data.

In other words, before the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,the resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data, the firstterminal needs to filter the first message sent by the second terminal.Filtering can increase a convergence rate of resource processing andtherefore improve system performance of a V2X system.

Further, if the first terminal finds that current resource utilizationis lower than a first threshold, the distance threshold may be increasedor the power threshold may be reduced, so that sufficient secondterminals meet the preset conditions and that resource utilization isimproved; correspondingly, when current resource utilization is higherthan a second threshold, the distance threshold may be reduced or thepower threshold may be increased, so that few second terminals meet thepreset conditions and that the convergence rate of resource processingis increased.

The following describes the second case in detail. FIG. 7 is a flowchartof a resource processing method according to still another embodiment ofthe present application. The method is performed by a first terminal.The method includes the following procedure.

Step S701: A first terminal receives a first message simultaneously sentby each of at least one second terminal.

Step S701 is the same as step S301, and is not described again herein.

Step S702: When the first terminal has determined a resource pool usedto send data, the first terminal determines usage of each resource poolbased on location information of a resource pool to which resources usedby the second terminal belong and location information of the resourcepool that has been determined by the first terminal and is used to sendthe data.

Usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Step S703: The first terminal determines a priority of each resourcepool based on usage of each resource pool and the location informationof the resource pool that has been determined by the first terminal andis used to send the data.

When usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, the firstterminal determines that the priority of each resource pool is a fourthpriority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool that has been determined bythe first terminal and is used to send the data, whether the oneterminal is the first terminal; and when the first terminal determinesthat the one terminal is the first terminal, the first terminaldetermines that the priority of each resource pool is a fifth priority;or when the first terminal determines that the one terminal is not thefirst terminal, the first terminal determines that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, the first terminal determines that thepriority of each resource pool is a seventh priority.

Both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lowerthan the seventh priority. The fourth priority may be higher than thesixth priority, or may be lower than the sixth priority. This is notlimited in this embodiment of the present application.

A reason why the first terminal sets priorities is as follows: Because alot of second terminals contend for determining resource pools, thefirst terminal fails to determine a resource pool, but still reservesthe first messages. If the resource pools are avoided duringreselection, available resource pools are reduced, resulting in waste ofresource pools. However, if the resource pools are directly used, thefirst terminal may fail to perform determining. Therefore, when usage isthat each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, the first terminal determines that the priority of eachresource pool is the fourth priority. When the first terminal determinesthat the first terminal determines a resource pool successfully, thefirst terminal determines that a priority of the determined resourcepool is the fifth priority. The first terminal does not use the resourcepool successfully determined by the second terminal. For example, ifeach resource pool is determined by one terminal, and the one terminalis the second terminal, it indicates that the first terminal fails todetermine a resource pool. In this case, a priority of the resource poolis set to the sixth priority. Therefore, performance of the secondterminal that successfully determines the resource pool is ensured. Whenusage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is not determinedby any terminal, the first terminal determines that the priority of eachresource pool is the seventh priority.

Step S704: The first terminal determines that a resource pool with ahighest priority is used by the first terminal to send the data.

An example is used for description with reference to step S701 to stepS704. FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram for determining a correspondingresource pool by a terminal 3 according to an embodiment of the presentapplication. As shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, assuming that resourcepools determined by a terminal 1 and used to send to-be-sent data are 2,4, 6, and 8, and that resource pools determined by a terminal 2 and usedto send to-be-sent data are 1, 4, 6, and 7, and that the terminal 3(used as the first terminal) has determined resource pools 1, 4, 8, and9, the terminal 3 determines that the resource pools 1, 4, 6, and 8 aresimultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals, and setspriorities of the resource pools to be the fourth priority; the terminal3 determines that usage of the resource pool 9 is that the resource poolis determined by one terminal, and the one terminal is the terminal 3,and in this case, a priority of the resource pool 9 is the fifthpriority; the terminal 3 determines that usage of both the resourcepools 2 and 7 is that the resource pools are determined by one terminal,and the one terminal is the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 respectively,and in this case, priorities of the resource pools 2 and 7 are the sixthpriority; other resource pools such as 0, 3, and 5 are not determined byany terminal, and corresponding priorities are the seventh priority.Therefore, the terminal 3 determines that some or all of the resourcepools 0, 3, and 5 of the highest priority are used by the terminal 3 tosend data.

Optionally, before the first terminal determines, based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong, aresource pool used by the first terminal to send the data, the methodfurther includes:

the first terminal obtains distance information and/or power informationof each second terminal; and

the first terminal determines, based on the distance information and/orthe power information, at least one second terminal that meets presetconditions, where the distance information is a distance between thefirst terminal and each second terminal, a preset conditioncorresponding to the distance information is that the distance betweenthe first terminal and each second terminal is less than a distancethreshold, and a preset condition corresponding to the power informationis that a power value of each second terminal is greater than a powerthreshold; and

correspondingly, that the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,a resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data includes:the first terminal determines, based on location information of aresource pool used by each of the at least one second terminal thatmeets the preset conditions to send to-be-sent data, the resource poolused by the first terminal to send the data.

In other words, before the first terminal determines, based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,the resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data, the firstterminal needs to filter the first message sent by the second terminal.Filtering can increase a convergence rate of resource processing andtherefore improve system performance of a V2X system.

Further, if the first terminal finds that current resource utilizationis lower than a first threshold, the distance threshold may be increasedor the power threshold may be reduced, so that sufficient secondterminals meet the preset conditions and that resource utilization isimproved; correspondingly, when current resource utilization is higherthan a second threshold, the distance threshold may be reduced or thepower threshold may be increased, so that few second terminals meet thepreset conditions and that the convergence rate of resource processingis increased.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of another resource processing method according toan embodiment of the present application. The method is performed by afirst terminal, where the first terminal may be a vehicle, a computer, amobile phone, an RSU, or the like. The method includes the followingprocedure.

Step S801: A first terminal receives a first message simultaneously sentby each of at least one second terminal.

The first message is carried on N resources in at least one resourcepool, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Step S802: The first terminal sends a second message to a thirdterminal, where the second message includes usage of each resource pool,so that each third terminal determines, based on usage of each resourcepool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send to-be-sentdata.

Usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

The third terminal may be any second terminal, or may not be a secondterminal. A purpose of sending the second message to the third terminalby the first terminal is to enable the third terminal to avoid, as muchas possible, at least one resource pool determined by each secondterminal and used to send to-be-sent data. For example, the thirdterminal may determine a priority of each resource pool based onlocation information of the at least one resource pool determined byeach second terminal and used to send the to-be-sent data, and thenselect a resource pool with a highest priority, used by the thirdterminal to send the data; or may determine a priority of each resourcepool based on location information of the at least one resource pooldetermined by each second terminal and used to send the to-be-sent data,and then randomly select, from resource pools whose priorities arehigher than a preset value, a resource pool used by the third terminalto send the data.

It should be noted that, this embodiment of the present application isapplicable to a scenario in which a system includes a hidden terminal.FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a scenario including a hidden terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG.9, a terminal 1 (used as a second terminal) and a terminal 2 (used as asecond terminal) simultaneously send first messages respectively on Nresources randomly selected from at least one corresponding resourcepool. The terminal 1 and the terminal 2 are terminals that are hiddenfrom each other. To be specific, the terminal 1 and the terminal 2cannot receive the first messages from each other due to blocking of anobstacle. However, because the first messages are carried on the Nresources randomly selected from the at least one resource pool, aprobability of collision of the resource pool used by the terminal 1 andthe terminal 2 to send the first messages is very low. On this basis, aterminal 3 (used as a first terminal) easily learns the resource pooldetermined by the terminal 1 and the terminal 2, and therefore, theterminal 3 can accurately determine usage of each resource pool, andsend a second message carrying the usage to the terminal 1 (used as athird terminal) or the terminal 2 (used as a third terminal), so thatthe terminal 1 or the terminal 2 accurately determine, based on thesecond message, that a hidden terminal exists. On this basis, a resourcepool used to send to-be-sent data can be accurately determined. Incontrast, in the prior art, resource collision is generated because aterminal 1 and a terminal 2 simultaneously send first messages on a sameresource. Consequently, a terminal 3 determines that the resource is notused by any terminal or determines that the resource is used by oneterminal, and the terminal 3 does not feed back which terminalspecifically uses the resource. In a word, the terminal 3 cannotaccurately feed back that the resource is simultaneously used by twoterminals. Therefore, the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 cannotdetermine, based on a second message of the terminal 3, whether a hiddenterminal exists, and on this basis, the terminal 1 and the terminal 2cannot accurately determine a resource pool used to send next to-be-sentdata, either.

In this embodiment of the present application, because the first messageis carried on the N resources in the at least one resource pool, aprobability of collision of the resource pool used by the secondterminal to send the first message is very low. On this basis, the firstterminal easily learns the resource pool determined by the secondterminal, and therefore, can accurately determine usage of each resourcepool, and send the second message carrying the usage to the thirdterminal, so that the third terminal accurately determines the data poolused send the data, thereby improving reliability of a V2X system.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of still another resource processing methodaccording to an embodiment of the present application. The method isperformed by a third terminal, where the third terminal may be avehicle, a computer, a mobile phone, an RSU, or the like. The methodincludes the following procedure.

Step S1001: A third terminal receives a second message sent by each ofat least one first terminal.

The second message includes usage of each resource pool, where eachresource pool includes a plurality of resources, and usage of eachresource pool is determined by the first terminal based on a firstmessage simultaneously sent by each of at least one second terminal. Thefirst message is carried on N resources in at least one resource pool,and is used to indicate location information of a resource pool to whichresources belong, and the resources are resources on which to-be-sentdata of the second terminal is located, where N is a positive integergreater than or equal to 2.

The first message includes the three forms in the foregoing embodimentof the present application. Details are not described again herein.

Step S1002: The third terminal determines, based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send data,and determines, from the determined resource pool, resources used by thethird terminal to send the data.

A principle of determining, by the third terminal, the resource poolused to send the to-be-sent data is: the third terminal, avoids, as muchas possible, the at least one resource pool determined by each secondterminal and used to send the to-be-sent data, for example, maydetermine a priority of each resource pool based on location informationof the at least one resource pool determined by each second terminal andused to send the to-be-sent data, and then select a resource pool with ahighest priority, used by the third terminal to send the data; or maydetermine a priority of each resource pool based on location informationof the at least one resource pool determined by each second terminal andused to send the data, and then randomly select, from resource poolswhose priorities are higher than a preset value, a resource pool used bythe third terminal to send the data.

In this embodiment of the present application, because the first messageis carried on the N resources in the at least one resource pool, aprobability of collision of the resource pool used by the secondterminal to send the first message is very low. On this basis, the firstterminal easily learns the resource pool determined by the secondterminal, and therefore, can accurately determine usage of each resourcepool, and send the second message carrying the usage to the thirdterminal; and the third terminal may accurately determine the data poolused to send the data, thereby improving reliability of a V2X system.

Optionally, that the third terminal determines, based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send dataincludes two cases.

First case: When the third terminal has not determined the resource poolused to send the data, the third terminal determines, based on usage ofeach resource pool, the resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data.

Second case: When the third terminal has determined the resource poolused to send the data, the third terminal redetermines, based on usageof each resource pool and location information of the resource pooldetermined by the third terminal and used to send the data, a resourcepool used by the third terminal to send the data.

The following describes the first case in detail. FIG. 11 is a flowchartof a resource processing method according to another embodiment of thepresent application. The method is performed by a third terminal. Themethod includes the following procedure.

Step S1101: A third terminal receives a second message sent by each ofat least one first terminal.

Step S1101 is the same as step S1001, and is not described again herein.

Step S1102: When the third terminal has not determined a resource poolused to send data, the third terminal determines a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool included in eachsecond message.

Usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

When usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, the third terminal determines that the priority of eachresource pool is a first priority;

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,the third terminal determines that the priority of each resource pool isa second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, the third terminaldetermines that the priority of each resource pool is a third priority.

The first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority, and the first priority may be higher than the second priority,or the first priority may be lower than the second priority. This is notlimited in this embodiment of the present application.

A reason why the third terminal sets priorities is as follows: Because alot of second terminals contend for determining resource pools, thethird terminal fails to determine a resource pool, but still reservesthe first messages. If the resource pools are avoided duringreselection, available resource pools are reduced, resulting in waste ofresource pools. However, if the resource pools are directly used, thethird terminal may fail to perform determining. Therefore, when usage isthat each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, the third terminal determines that the priority of eachresource pool is the first priority. The third terminal does not use aresource pool that is successfully determined by the second terminal.For example, each resource pool is determined by a terminal, and thepriority thereof is set to the second priority. Therefore, performanceof the second terminal that successfully determines the resource pool isensured. When usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isnot determined by any terminal, the third terminal determines that thepriority of each resource pool is the third priority.

Step S1103: The third terminal determines that a resource pool with ahighest priority is used by the third terminal to send the data, anddetermines, from the determined resource pool, resources used by thethird terminal to send the data.

An example is used for description with reference to step S1101 to stepS1103. With reference to application scenarios in FIG. 5A, FIG. 5B, andFIG. 9, a terminal 1 (used as a second terminal) sends a first messageon N resources in resource pools 2, 4, 6, and 8, and it is assumed thatresource pools determined by the terminal 1 and used to send to-be-sentdata are 2, 4, 6, and 8. In addition, a terminal 2 (used as a secondterminal) sends a first message on N resources randomly selected fromresource pools 1, 4, 6, and 7, and it is assumed that resource poolsdetermined by the terminal 2 and used to send to-be-sent data are 1, 4,6, and 7. Although the resource pools 4 and 6 are the same for theterminal 1 and the terminal 2, because the terminal 1 sends the firstmessage on the N resources in the resource pools 2, 4, 6, and 8, and theterminal 2 sends the first message on the N resources in the resourcepools 1, 4, 6, and 7, a probability of collision of resources is verylow. On this basis, a terminal 3 (used as a first terminal) easilyreceives the first messages sent by the terminal 1 and the terminal 2,to learn location information of at least one resource pool that isrespectively determined by the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 and used tosend the to-be-sent data. Assuming that the terminal 3 receives only thefirst messages sent by the terminal 1 and the terminal 2, and that theterminal 3 has not determined a resource pool used to send data, theterminal 3 determines that usage of each resource pool is: the resourcepools 1, 2, 7, and 8 are determined by one terminal, and the resourcepools 4 and 6 are simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals(specifically, simultaneously determined by two terminals). The terminal3 may send a second message carrying the usage to a terminal 4 (theterminal 4 is not shown in FIG. 9, and the terminal 4 is used as a thirdterminal). Assuming that the terminal 4 has not determined a resourcepool, on this basis, the terminal 4 determines that priorities of theresource pools 4 and 6 are the first priority; the terminal 4 determinesthat the resource pools 1, 2, 7, and 8 are determined by one terminal;the terminal 4 determines that priorities of the resource pools 1, 2, 7,and 8 are the second priority; and the terminal 4 determines thatpriorities of the resource pools 0, 3, 5, and 9 are the third priority.Finally, the terminal 4 selects some or all of the resource pools 0, 3,5, and 9 of a highest priority, for sending data.

Optionally, before the third terminal determines, based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send thedata, the method further includes:

the third terminal obtains distance information and/or power informationof each first terminal; and

the third terminal determines, based on the distance information and/orthe power information, at least one first terminal that meets presetconditions, where the distance information is a distance between thethird terminal and each first terminal, a preset condition correspondingto the distance information is that the distance between the thirdterminal and each first terminal is less than a distance threshold, anda preset condition corresponding to the power information is that apower value of each first terminal is greater than a power threshold;and

correspondingly, that the third terminal determines, based on usage ofeach resource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data includes: the third terminal determines, based on usage of eachresource pool included in a second message sent by the first terminalthat meets the preset conditions, the resource pool used by the thirdterminal to send the data.

In other words, before the third terminal determines, based on usage ofeach resource pool, the resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data, the third terminal needs to filter the second message sent bythe first terminal. Filtering can increase a convergence rate ofresource processing and therefore improve system performance of a V2Xsystem.

Further, if the third terminal finds that current resource utilizationis lower than a first threshold, the distance threshold may be increasedor the power threshold may be reduced, so that sufficient firstterminals meet the preset conditions and that resource utilization isimproved; correspondingly, when current resource utilization is higherthan a second threshold, the distance threshold may be reduced or thepower threshold may be increased, so that few first terminals meet thepreset conditions and that the convergence rate of resource processingis increased.

The following describes the second case in detail. FIG. 12 is aflowchart of a resource processing method according to anotherembodiment of the present application. The method is performed by athird terminal. The method includes the following procedure.

Step S1201: A third terminal receives a second message sent by each ofat least one first terminal.

Step S1201 is the same as step S1001, and is not described again herein.

Step S1202: When the third terminal has determined a resource pool usedto send data, the third terminal determines a priority of each resourcepool based on usage of each resource pool included in each secondmessage and location information of at least one resource pooldetermined by the third terminal and used to send to-be-sent data.

Usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

When usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,the third terminal determines, based on the location information of theat least one resource pool determined by the third terminal and used tosend the to-be-sent data, whether the one terminal is the thirdterminal; and when the third terminal determines that the one terminalis the third terminal, the third terminal determines that the priorityof each resource pool is a fifth priority; or when the third terminaldetermines that the one terminal is not the third terminal, the thirdterminal determines that the priority of each resource pool is a sixthpriority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, the third terminaldetermines that the priority of each resource pool is a seventhpriority; where

the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower thanthe seventh priority.

Step S1203: The third terminal determines that a resource pool with ahighest priority is used by the third terminal to send the data, anddetermines, from the determined resource pool, resources used by thethird terminal to send the data.

An example is used for description with reference to step S1201 to stepS1203. With reference to application scenarios in FIG. 5A, FIG. 5B, andFIG. 9, a terminal 1 (used as a second terminal) sends a first messageon N resources in resource pools 2, 4, 6, and 8, and it is assumed thatresource pools determined by the terminal 1 and used to send to-be-sentdata are 2, 4, 6, and 8. In addition, a terminal 2 (used as a secondterminal) sends a first message on N resources in resource pools 1, 4,6, and 7, and it is assumed that resource pools determined by theterminal 2 and used to send to-be-sent data are 1, 4, 6, and 7. Althoughthe resource pools 4 and 6 are the same for the terminal 1 and theterminal 2, because the terminal 1 sends the first message on the Nresources in the resource pools 2, 4, 6, and 8, and the terminal 2 sendsthe first message on the N resources in the resource pools 1, 4, 6, and7, a probability of collision of resources is very low. On this basis, aterminal 3 (used as a first terminal) easily receives the first messagessent by the terminal 1 and the terminal 2, to learn location informationof the resource pools that are respectively determined by the terminal 1and the terminal 2 and used to send the to-be-sent data. Assuming thatthe terminal 3 receives only the first messages sent by the terminal 1and the terminal 2, and that the terminal 3 has not determined aresource pool used to send to-be-sent data, the terminal 3 determinesthat usage of each resource pool is: the resource pools 1, 2, 7, and 8are determined by one terminal, and the resource pools 4 and 6 aresimultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals (specifically,simultaneously determined by two terminals). The terminal 3 may send asecond message carrying the usage to the terminal 1 (used as a thirdterminal) or the terminal 2 (used as a third terminal). On this basis,because the terminal 1 learns that the resource pools 4 and 6 aresimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, and theterminal 2 learns that the resource pools 4 and 6 are simultaneouslydetermined by the plurality of terminals, both the terminal 1 and theterminal 2 can determine that a hidden terminal exists. Further, theterminal 1 and the terminal 2 may accurately determine usage of eachresource pool, and therefore can accurately determine a resource poolused to send the to-be-sent data.

Specifically, assuming that the terminal 1 and the terminal 2 receiveonly the second message of the terminal 3, a process of determining, bythe terminal 1, a resource pool used to send the to-be-sent dataincludes: when the resource pools 4 and 6 are simultaneously determinedby the plurality of terminals, the terminal 1 determines that prioritiesof the resource pools 4 and 6 are the fourth priority; the terminal 1determines that the resource pools 1, 2, 7, and 8 are determined by oneterminal, where the resource pools 2 and 8 are determined by theterminal 1, and the terminal 1 determines that priorities of theresource pools 2 and 8 are the fifth priority; resource pools 1 and 7are determined by the terminal 2, and the terminal 1 determines thatpriorities of the resource pools 1 and 7 are the sixth priority;priorities of remaining resource pools 0, 3, 5, and 9 are the seventhpriority; and finally, some or all of the resource pools 0, 3, 5, and 9of a highest priority are selected for sending the data.

A process of determining, by the terminal 2, a resource pool used tosend the to-be-sent data includes: when the resource pools 4 and 6 aresimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, the terminal 2determines that priorities of the resource pools 4 and 6 are the fourthpriority; the terminal 2 determines that the resource pools 1, 2, 7, and8 are determined by one terminal, where the resource pools 1 and 7 aredetermined by the terminal 1, and the terminal 2 determines thatpriorities of the resource pools 1 and 7 are the fifth priority; theresource pools 2 and 8 are determined by the terminal 2, and theterminal 2 determines that priorities of the resource pools 2 and 8 arethe sixth priority; priorities of remaining resource pools 0, 3, 5, and9 are the seventh priority; and finally, some or all of the resourcepools 0, 3, 5, and 9 of a highest priority are selected for sending thedata.

Optionally, before the third terminal determines, based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send thedata, the method further includes:

the third terminal obtains distance information and/or power informationof each first terminal; and

the third terminal determines, based on the distance information and/orthe power information, a first terminal that meets preset conditions,where the distance information is a distance between the third terminaland each first terminal, a preset condition corresponding to thedistance information is that the distance between the third terminal andeach first terminal is less than a distance threshold, and a presetcondition corresponding to the power information is that a power valueof each first terminal is greater than a power threshold; and

correspondingly, that the third terminal determines, based on usage ofeach resource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data includes:

the third terminal determines, based on usage of each resource poolincluded in a second message sent by the first terminal that meets thepreset conditions, the resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data.

In other words, before the third terminal determines, based on usage ofeach resource pool, the resource pool used by the third terminal to sendthe data, the third terminal needs to filter the second message sent bythe first terminal. Filtering can increase a convergence rate ofresource processing and therefore improve system performance of a V2Xsystem.

Further, if the third terminal finds that current resource utilizationis lower than a first threshold, the distance threshold may be increasedor the power threshold may be reduced, so that sufficient firstterminals meet the preset conditions and that resource utilization isimproved; correspondingly, when current resource utilization is higherthan a second threshold, the distance threshold may be reduced or thepower threshold may be increased, so that few first terminals meet thepreset conditions and that the convergence rate of resource processingis increased.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a resource processingapparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, wherethe apparatus is the foregoing first terminal. As shown in FIG. 13, theapparatus includes:

a receiving module 1301, configured to receive a first messagesimultaneously sent by each of at least one second terminal, where thefirst message is carried on N resources and used to indicate locationinformation of resources on which to-be-sent data is located, and N is apositive integer greater than or equal to 2; and

a determining module 1302, configured to determine, based on thelocation information of the resources on which the to-be-sent data islocated, resources used by the apparatus to send data.

The apparatus can perform the foregoing method embodiment correspondingto FIG. 3. Effects are not described again herein.

Optionally, the first message is carried on the N resources in at leastone resource pool;

the location information of the resources on which the to-be-sent datais located is location information of a resource pool to which theresources belong, and each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources; and

correspondingly, the determining module 1302 is specifically configuredto:

determine, based on the location information of the resource pool towhich the resources belong, a resource pool used by the apparatus tosend the data; and

determine, from the determined resource pool, the resources used by theapparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module 1302 is specifically configured to:

when the apparatus has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on the location information of the resource poolto which the resources belong, the resource pool used by the apparatusto send the data; or

when the apparatus has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong and location information of theresource pool determined by the apparatus and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the apparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module 1302 is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module 1302 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a first priority;

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the determining module 1302 is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong and the locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the apparatus and used tosend the data;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool and the location information of the resource pooldetermined by the apparatus and used to send the data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module 1302 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a fourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine, based on the location informationof the resource pool determined by the apparatus and used to send thedata, whether the one terminal is the apparatus; and when determiningthat the one terminal is the apparatus, determine that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determining that the oneterminal is not the apparatus, determine that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a seventh priority; where

both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lowerthan the seventh priority.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes an obtaining module 1303,where

the obtaining module 1303 is configured to obtain distance informationand/or power information of each second terminal;

the determining module 1302 is further configured to determine, based onthe distance information and/or the power information, at least onesecond terminal that meets preset conditions, where the distanceinformation is a distance between the apparatus and each secondterminal, a preset condition corresponding to the distance informationis that the distance between the apparatus and each second terminal isless than a distance threshold, and a preset condition corresponding tothe power information is that a power value of each second terminal isgreater than a power threshold; and

correspondingly, the determining module 1302 is specifically configuredto:

determine, based on location information of a resource pool used by eachof the at least one second terminal that meets the preset conditions tosend to-be-sent data, the resource pool used by the apparatus to sendthe data.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes a sending module 1304,configured to send a second message to a third terminal, where thesecond message includes usage of each resource pool, so that each thirdterminal determines, based on usage of each resource pool, a resourcepool used by the third terminal to send data.

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a resource processingapparatus according to another embodiment of the present application,where the apparatus is the foregoing third terminal. As shown in FIG.14, the apparatus includes:

a receiving module 1401, configured to receive a second message sent byeach of at least one first terminal, where the second message includesusage of each resource pool, each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources, usage of each resource pool is determined by the firstterminal based on a first message simultaneously sent by each of atleast one second terminal, the first message is carried on N resourcesin at least one resource pool, and N is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 2; and

a determining module 1402, configured to determine, based on usage ofeach resource pool, a resource pool used by the apparatus to send data,and determine, from the determined resource pool, resources used by theapparatus to send the data.

The apparatus can perform the foregoing method embodiment correspondingto FIG. 10. Effects are not described again herein.

Optionally, the determining module 1402 is specifically configured to:

when the apparatus has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on usage of each resource pool, the resource poolused by the apparatus to send the data; or

when the apparatus has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on usage of each resource pool and locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the apparatus and used tosend the data, a resource pool used by the apparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the determining module 1402 is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module 1402 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afirst priority;

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine that the priority of each resource pool is a second priority;or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine that thepriority of each resource pool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the determining module 1402 is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message and location informationof at least one resource pool determined by the apparatus and used tosend the to-be-sent data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theapparatus to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the determining module 1402 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine, based on the location information of the at least oneresource pool determined by the apparatus and used to send theto-be-sent data, whether the one terminal is the apparatus; and whendetermining that the one terminal is the apparatus, determine that thepriority of each resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determiningthat the one terminal is not the apparatus, determine that the priorityof each resource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine, by theapparatus, that the priority of each resource pool is a seventhpriority; where

the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower thanthe seventh priority.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes an obtaining module 1403,where

the obtaining module 1403 is configured to obtain distance informationand/or power information of each first terminal;

the determining module 1402 is further configured to determine, based onthe distance information and/or the power information, a first terminalthat meets preset conditions, where the distance information is adistance between the apparatus and each first terminal, a presetcondition corresponding to the distance information is that the distancebetween the apparatus and each first terminal is less than a distancethreshold, and a preset condition corresponding to the power informationis that a power value of each first terminal is greater than a powerthreshold; and

correspondingly, the determining module 1402 is specifically configuredto:

determine, based on usage of each resource pool included in a secondmessage sent by the first terminal that meets the preset conditions, theresource pool used by the apparatus to send the data.

Optionally, the first message includes first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located.

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to anembodiment of the present application, where the terminal is theforegoing first terminal. As shown in FIG. 15, the terminal includes:

a receiver 1501, configured to receive a first message simultaneouslysent by each of at least one second terminal, where the first message iscarried on N resources and used to indicate location information ofresources on which to-be-sent data is located, and N is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 2; and

a processor 1502, configured to determine, based on the locationinformation of the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located,resources used by the terminal to send data.

The terminal can perform the foregoing method embodiment correspondingto FIG. 3. Effects are not described again herein.

Optionally, the first message is carried on the N resources in at leastone resource pool;

the location information of the resources on which the to-be-sent datais located is location information of a resource pool to which theresources belong, and each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources; and

correspondingly, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

determine, based on the location information of the resource pool towhich the resources belong, a resource pool used by the terminal to sendthe data; and

determine, from the determined resource pool, the resources used by theterminal to send the data.

Optionally, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

when the terminal has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on the location information of the resource poolto which the resources belong, the resource pool used by the terminal tosend the data; or

when the terminal has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong and location information of theresource pool determined by the terminal and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a first priority;

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a second priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

determine usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong and the locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the data;

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool and the location information of the resource pooldetermined by the terminal and used to send the data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool issimultaneously determined by the plurality of terminals, determine thatthe priority of each resource pool is a fourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, determine, based on the location informationof the resource pool determined by the terminal and used to send thedata, whether the one terminal is the terminal; and when determiningthat the one terminal is the terminal, determine that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determining that the oneterminal is not the terminal, determine that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool is that each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal, determine that the priority of each resourcepool is a seventh priority; where

both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and both the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lowerthan the seventh priority.

Optionally, the processor 1502 is further configured to:

obtain distance information and/or power information of each secondterminal; and

determine, based on the distance information and/or the powerinformation, at least one second terminal that meets preset conditions,where the distance information is a distance between the terminal andeach second terminal, a preset condition corresponding to the distanceinformation is that the distance between the terminal and each secondterminal is less than a distance threshold, and a preset conditioncorresponding to the power information is that a power value of eachsecond terminal is greater than a power threshold; and

correspondingly, the processor 1502 is specifically configured to:

determine, based on location information of a resource pool used by eachof the at least one second terminal that meets the preset conditions tosend to-be-sent data, the resource pool used by the terminal to send thedata.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a transmitter 1503, configuredto send a second message to a third terminal, where the second messageincludes usage of each resource pool, so that each third terminaldetermines, based on usage of each resource pool, a resource pool usedby the third terminal to send data.

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according toanother embodiment of the present application, where the terminal is theforegoing third terminal. As shown in FIG. 16, the terminal includes:

a receiver 1601, configured to receive a second message sent by each ofat least one first terminal, where the second message includes usage ofeach resource pool, each resource pool includes a plurality ofresources, usage of each resource pool is determined by the firstterminal based on a first message simultaneously sent by each of atleast one second terminal, the first message is carried on N resourcesin at least one resource pool, and N is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 2; and

a processor 1602, configured to determine, based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the terminal to send data, anddetermine, from the determined resource pool, resources used by theterminal to send the data.

The terminal can perform the foregoing method embodiment correspondingto FIG. 10. Effects are not described again herein.

Optionally, the processor 1602 is specifically configured to:

when the terminal has not determined the resource pool used to send thedata, determine, based on usage of each resource pool, the resource poolused by the terminal to send the data; or

when the terminal has determined the resource pool used to send thedata, redetermine, based on usage of each resource pool and locationinformation of the resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the data, a resource pool used by the terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the processor 1602 is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor 1602 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afirst priority;

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine that the priority of each resource pool is a second priority;or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine that thepriority of each resource pool is a third priority; where

both the first priority and the second priority are lower than the thirdpriority.

Optionally, the processor 1602 is specifically configured to:

determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool included in each second message and location informationof at least one resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the to-be-sent data; and

determine that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by theterminal to send the to-be-sent data; where

usage of each resource pool includes any one of the following: eachresource pool is simultaneously determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.

Optionally, the processor 1602 is specifically configured to:

when usage of each resource pool included in at least one second messageis that each resource pool is simultaneously determined by the pluralityof terminals, determine that the priority of each resource pool is afourth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in no second message is thateach resource pool is simultaneously determined by the plurality ofterminals, or usage of each resource pool included in at least onesecond message is that each resource pool is determined by one terminal,determine, based on the location information of the at least oneresource pool determined by the terminal and used to send the to-be-sentdata, whether the one terminal is the terminal; and when determiningthat the one terminal is the terminal, determine that the priority ofeach resource pool is a fifth priority; or when determining that the oneterminal is not the terminal, determine that the priority of eachresource pool is a sixth priority; or

when usage of each resource pool included in each second message is thateach resource pool is not determined by any terminal, determine, by theterminal, that the priority of each resource pool is a seventh priority;where

the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower than the fifthpriority, and the fourth priority and the sixth priority are lower thanthe seventh priority.

Optionally, the processor 1602 is further configured to:

obtain distance information and/or power information of each firstterminal; and

determine, based on the distance information and/or the powerinformation, a first terminal that meets preset conditions, where thedistance information is a distance between the terminal and each firstterminal, a preset condition corresponding to the distance informationis that the distance between the terminal and each first terminal isless than a distance threshold, and a preset condition corresponding tothe power information is that a power value of each first terminal isgreater than a power threshold; and

correspondingly, the processor 1602 is specifically configured to:

determine, based on usage of each resource pool included in a secondmessage sent by the first terminal that meets the preset conditions, theresource pool used by the terminal to send the data.

Optionally, the first message includes first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located.

Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some ofthe steps of the method embodiments may be implemented by a programinstructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in acomputer-readable storage medium. When the program runs, the steps ofthe method embodiments are performed. The foregoing storage mediumincludes: any medium that can store program code, such as a ROM, a RAM,a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the presentapplication, but not for limiting the present application. Although thepresent application is described in detail with reference to theforegoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art shouldunderstand that they may still make modifications to the technicalsolutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalentreplacements to some or all technical features thereof, withoutdeparting from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodimentsof the present application.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of processing resources, comprising:receiving, by a first terminal, a first message from each of at leastone second terminal, wherein the first message is carried on N resourcesand used to indicate location information of resources on whichto-be-sent data is located, and N is a positive integer greater than orequal to 2; and determining, by the first terminal based on the locationinformation of the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located,resources used by the first terminal to send data.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the first message is carried on the Nresources in at least one resource pool; the location information of theresources on which the to-be-sent data is located is locationinformation of a resource pool to which the resources belong, and eachresource pool comprises a plurality of resources; and correspondingly,the determining, by the first terminal based on the location informationof the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located, resources usedby the first terminal to send data comprises: determining, by the firstterminal based on the location information of the resource pool to whichthe resources belong, a resource pool used by the first terminal to sendthe data; and determining, by the first terminal from the determinedresource pool, the resources used by the first terminal to send thedata.
 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining, bythe first terminal based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong, a resource pool used by the firstterminal to send the data comprises: when the first terminal has notdetermined the resource pool used to send the data, determining, by thefirst terminal based on the location information of the resource pool towhich the resources belong, the resource pool used by the first terminalto send the data; or when the first terminal has determined the resourcepool used to send the data, redetermining, by the first terminal basedon the location information of the resource pool to which the resourcesbelong and location information of the resource pool that has beendetermined by the first terminal and is used to send the data, aresource pool used by the first terminal to send the data.
 4. The methodaccording to claim 3, wherein the when the first terminal has notdetermined a resource pool used to send the data, determining, by thefirst terminal based on the location information of the resource pool towhich the resources belong, the resource pool used by the first terminalto send the data comprises: determining, by the first terminal, usage ofeach resource pool based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong; determining, by the first terminal,a priority of each resource pool based on usage of each resource pool;and determining, by the first terminal, that a resource pool with ahighest priority is used by the first terminal to send the data; whereinusage of each resource pool comprises any one of the following: eachresource pool is determined by a plurality of terminals, each resourcepool is determined by one terminal, or each resource pool is notdetermined by any terminal.
 5. The method according to claim 3, whereinthe when the first terminal has determined a resource pool used to sendthe data, redetermining, by the first terminal based on the locationinformation of the resource pool to which the resources belong andlocation information of the resource pool that has been determined bythe first terminal and is used to send the data, a resource pool used bythe first terminal to send the data comprises: determining, by the firstterminal, usage of each resource pool based on the location informationof the resource pool to which the resources belong and the locationinformation of the resource pool that has been determined by the firstterminal and is used to send the data; determining, by the firstterminal, a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool and the location information of the resource pool that hasbeen determined by the first terminal and is used to send the data; anddetermining, by the first terminal, that a resource pool with a highestpriority is used by the first terminal to send the data; wherein usageof each resource pool comprises any one of the following: each resourcepool is determined by a plurality of terminals, each resource pool isdetermined by one terminal, or each resource pool is not determined byany terminal.
 6. The method according to claim 2, wherein before thedetermining, by the first terminal based on the location information ofthe resource pool to which the resources belong, a resource pool used bythe first terminal to send the data, the method further comprises:obtaining, by the first terminal, distance information and/or powerinformation of each second terminal; and determining, by the firstterminal based on the distance information and/or the power information,at least one second terminal that meets preset conditions, wherein thedistance information is a distance between the first terminal and eachsecond terminal, a preset condition corresponding to the distanceinformation is that the distance between the first terminal and eachsecond terminal is less than a distance threshold, and a presetcondition corresponding to the power information is that a power valueof each second terminal is greater than a power threshold; andcorrespondingly, the determining, by the first terminal based on thelocation information of the resource pool to which the resources belong,a resource pool used by the first terminal to send the data comprises:determining, by the first terminal based on location information of aresource pool used by each of the at least one second terminal thatmeets the preset conditions to send to-be-sent data, the resource poolused by the first terminal to send the data.
 7. A method of processingresources, comprising: receiving, by a third terminal, a second messagefrom each of at least one first terminal, wherein the second messagecomprises usage of each resource pool, each resource pool comprises aplurality of resources, usage of each resource pool is determined by thefirst terminal based on a first message from each of at least one secondterminal, the first message is carried on N resources in at least oneresource pool, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2;and determining, by the third terminal based on usage of each resourcepool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send data, anddetermining, from the determined resource pool, resources used by thethird terminal to send the data.
 8. The method according to claim 7,wherein the determining, by the third terminal based on usage of eachresource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminal to send datacomprises: when the third terminal has not determined the resource poolused to send the data, determining, by the third terminal based on usageof each resource pool, the resource pool used by the third terminal tosend the data; or when the third terminal has determined the resourcepool used to send the data, redetermining, by the third terminal basedon usage of each resource pool and location information of the resourcepool determined by the third terminal and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the third terminal to send the data.
 9. The methodaccording to claim 8, wherein the when the third terminal has notdetermined a resource pool used to send the data, determining, by thethird terminal based on usage of each resource pool, the resource poolused by the third terminal to send the data comprises: determining, bythe third terminal, a priority of each resource pool based on usage ofeach resource pool comprised in each second message; and determining, bythe third terminal, that a resource pool with a highest priority is usedby the third terminal to send the data; wherein usage of each resourcepool comprises any one of the following: each resource pool isdetermined by a plurality of terminals, each resource pool is determinedby one terminal, or each resource pool is not determined by anyterminal.
 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the when thethird terminal has determined a resource pool used to send the data,redetermining, by the third terminal based on usage of each resourcepool and location information of the resource pool determined by thethird terminal and used to send the data, a resource pool used by thethird terminal to send the data comprises: determining, by the thirdterminal, a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool comprised in each second message and location informationof at least one resource pool determined by the third terminal and usedto send the to-be-sent data; and determining, by the third terminal,that a resource pool with a highest priority is used by the thirdterminal to send the to-be-sent data; wherein usage of each resourcepool comprises any one of the following: each resource pool isdetermined by a plurality of terminals, each resource pool is determinedby one terminal, or each resource pool is not determined by anyterminal.
 11. The method according to claim 7, wherein before thedetermining, by the third terminal based on usage of each resource pool,a resource pool used by the third terminal to send data, the methodfurther comprises: obtaining, by the third terminal, distanceinformation and/or power information of each first terminal; anddetermining, by the third terminal based on the distance informationand/or the power information, a first terminal that meets presetconditions, wherein the distance information is a distance between thethird terminal and each first terminal, a preset condition correspondingto the distance information is that the distance between the thirdterminal and each first terminal is less than a distance threshold, anda preset condition corresponding to the power information is that apower value of each first terminal is greater than a power threshold;and correspondingly, the determining, by the third terminal based onusage of each resource pool, a resource pool used by the third terminalto send data comprises: determining, by the third terminal based onusage of each resource pool comprised in a second message from the firstterminal that meets the preset conditions, the resource pool used by thethird terminal to send the data.
 12. The method according to claim 7,wherein the first message comprises first indication information andsecond indication information, the first indication information is usedto indicate location information of a resource pool used by each secondterminal to send current data, and the second indication information isused to indicate an offset of the location information of the resourcepool used to send the current data, to a resource pool in whichto-be-sent data of each second terminal is located.
 13. A terminal,comprising: a receiver to receive a first message from each of at leastone second terminal, wherein the first message is carried on N resourcesand used to indicate location information of resources on whichto-be-sent data is located, and N is a positive integer greater than orequal to 2; and a processor to determine, based on the locationinformation of the resources on which the to-be-sent data is located,resources used by the terminal to send data.
 14. The terminal accordingto claim 13, wherein the first message is carried on the N resources inat least one resource pool; the location information of the resources onwhich the to-be-sent data is located is location information of aresource pool to which the resources belong, and each resource poolcomprises a plurality of resources; and correspondingly, the processoris to: determine, based on the location information of the resource poolto which the resources belong, a resource pool used by the terminal tosend the data; and determine, from the determined resource pool, theresources used by the terminal to send the data.
 15. The terminalaccording to claim 14, wherein the processor is to: when the terminalhas not determined the resource pool used to send the data, determine,based on the location information of the resource pool to which theresources belong, the resource pool used by the terminal to send thedata; or when the terminal has determined the resource pool used to sendthe data, redetermine, based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong and location information of theresource pool determined by the terminal and used to send the data, aresource pool used by the terminal to send the data.
 16. The terminalaccording to claim 15, wherein the processor is to: determine usage ofeach resource pool based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong; determine a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool; and determine that aresource pool with a highest priority is used by the terminal to sendthe to-be-sent data; wherein usage of each resource pool comprises anyone of the following: each resource pool is determined by a plurality ofterminals, each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or eachresource pool is not determined by any terminal.
 17. The terminalaccording to claim 15, wherein the processor is to: determine usage ofeach resource pool based on the location information of the resourcepool to which the resources belong and the location information of theresource pool determined by the terminal and used to send the data;determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool and the location information of the resource pooldetermined by the terminal and used to send the data; and determine thata resource pool with a highest priority is used by the terminal to sendthe data; wherein usage of each resource pool comprises any one of thefollowing: each resource pool is determined by a plurality of terminals,each resource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource poolis not determined by any terminal.
 18. The terminal according to claim14, wherein the processor is further to: obtain distance informationand/or power information of each second terminal; and determine, basedon the distance information and/or the power information, at least onesecond terminal that meets preset conditions, wherein the distanceinformation is a distance between the terminal and each second terminal,a preset condition corresponding to the distance information is that thedistance between the terminal and each second terminal is less than adistance threshold, and a preset condition corresponding to the powerinformation is that a power value of each second terminal is greaterthan a power threshold; and correspondingly, the processor is to:determine, based on location information of a resource pool used by eachof the at least one second terminal that meets the preset conditions tosend to-be-sent data, the resource pool used by the terminal to send thedata.
 19. A terminal, comprising: a receiver to receive a second messagefrom each of at least one first terminal, wherein the second messagecomprises usage of each resource pool, each resource pool comprises aplurality of resources, usage of each resource pool is determined by thefirst terminal based on a first message from each of at least one secondterminal, the first message is carried on N resources in at least oneresource pool, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2;and a processor to determine, based on usage of each resource pool, aresource pool used by the terminal to send data, and determine, from thedetermined resource pool, resources used by the terminal to send thedata.
 20. The terminal according to claim 19, wherein the processor isto: when the terminal has not determined the resource pool used to sendthe data, determine, based on usage of each resource pool, the resourcepool used by the terminal to send the data; or when the terminal hasdetermined the resource pool used to send the data, redetermine, basedon usage of each resource pool and location information of the resourcepool determined by the terminal and used to send the data, a resourcepool used by the terminal to send the data.
 21. The terminal accordingto claim 20, wherein the processor is to: determine a priority of eachresource pool based on usage of each resource pool comprised in eachsecond message; and determine that a resource pool with a highestpriority is used by the terminal to send the data; wherein usage of eachresource pool comprises any one of the following: each resource pool isdetermined by a plurality of terminals, each resource pool is determinedby one terminal, or each resource pool is not determined by anyterminal.
 22. The terminal according to claim 20, wherein the processoris to: determine a priority of each resource pool based on usage of eachresource pool comprised in each second message and location informationof at least one resource pool determined by the terminal and used tosend the to-be-sent data; and determine that a resource pool with ahighest priority is used by the terminal to send the to-be-sent data;wherein usage of each resource pool comprises any one of the following:each resource pool is determined by a plurality of terminals, eachresource pool is determined by one terminal, or each resource pool isnot determined by any terminal.
 23. The terminal according to claim 20,wherein the processor is further to: obtain distance information and/orpower information of each first terminal; and determine, based on thedistance information and/or the power information, a first terminal thatmeets preset conditions, wherein the distance information is a distancebetween the terminal and each first terminal, a preset conditioncorresponding to the distance information is that the distance betweenthe terminal and each first terminal is less than a distance threshold,and a preset condition corresponding to the power information is that apower value of each first terminal is greater than a power threshold;and correspondingly, the processor is to: determine, based on usage ofeach resource pool comprised in a second message from the first terminalthat meets the preset conditions, the resource pool used by the terminalto send the data.